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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

It is not necessary to have q pneu- matic tube to Europe through which people can be shot at the rate of a thousand miles an hour. All that is needed is pneumatic tube connection with Canada.-C C hicdgo Jouynot.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

Tuesday morning: White and Green meet in a str ct ear, but alas Green is a sad wreck of his former grandeur Large strips of court plaster cover the right tide of his face. and hi, rig arm reclimS in sling
 Hello, Green, What the devil i~ the matter with you, been tighting?"
 ''Sli-ec. don't talk so loud, confound it, and I'll tell you. Do you rcmcm- Der that on Saturday advised you to get hunting ontft and enjoy iite?''
 "Yee."
 Well, the advice was all right to Il certain extent, but allow inc 10 add that in case you do get gun. for heavens sake never court death bv going to Muskego lake on sunday to shoot. All Saturday afternoon and night large, good natured. beer-drink- ing Germans poured into the settle ment near the lake, and from the noise that noated over the bosom of that quiet sheet of moisture, it was plain that they had imbibed much of their national beverage. thought to fool 'em, and so, early in the morning. before the gray streaks Of dawn had appeared in tine east, 1 launched my tiny barque upon the aforesaid quiet bosom of the lake, and hied myself to Ia likely looking point of rushes. Dawn came at last, but no sign of ducks greeted my longing eyes. h. stead, however, there was German sportsman in every piece of cover on the shores of that beautiful lake. In- nocent little birds passed before that army of beery, good natured sports men at their peril, and there was a continual boom. Nothing with fcath- CTS on was allowed to live, except ducks-they did not come. At last a little chippy bird flew by chirpiDg gaily, and probably pleased that an all wise providence saw fit 10 let it live. when large man with anarchist whiskers raised out of the grass few yards from me, blew nlallard call, pulled up ten bore gun on that poor little ehippy bird and fired. The little bird fiuttered to the water dy- ing, while caught the balance of the charge iii iny face and arm. That settled me on Sunday shooting at Muskego lake. Hereafter l shall go way of west somewhere. Going to get out here! Well, goodbye" White did not have the heart to say anything about the ninety teal, perhaps he did not dare.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

Deadly weapons ar' rr"hihitea iu Texas, This winds up base ball in Inc l-a!se Star state. .NeWmaH il,ie. ltnatsaf.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

St. Louis has 1000 cats, and they arc all rec koHeti into ;iie census becauss they happen to have whiskers.- Bos- ton Globe.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

Prompt relief in sick headaehe, dig ziness, nausea, constipation, pain in the side, guaranteed to those using Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

No trouble to swallow Dr. Pierce's Pellets.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01

Children Cry for Piseher's c=ssoris.
 -Ads.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-01
SUNDAY SHOOTING.
frcS.ssun.


 White and Green met on Wisconsin street Sunday noon, and White, notic- ing that Green had on a seeiy looking suit of clothes and was leading a setter dog, asked him what was up.
 "What's up, Why, man, I'm going after ducks. Haven't had crack at 'em since last fall. Going out to Muskego lake this afternoon, and stay over Sunday, See that dog! He's the all firedest finest duck dog in this country, and I raised him from pup. Talk about fun, why, mo and him has had more fun together than barrel of monkeys. Give me that dog and my Parker shotgun, and can kill more ducks than any man in the state."
 "You are enthusiastic over the sport, aren't you, Green?"
 'Enthu enthusiastic? We'll, 1 guess yes. Why, boy, love it. 1 could live OH duck shooting. and am just crazy to be off What l want Is to get stand carly tomorrow morn ing and just make my gun hot on those teal. got word from farmer out there that the air was full of ducks, and my trigger finger fairly twitches in fond anticipation of the sport-see that dog-see them cars work? He knows what were talking about, he's the most knowing dog you ever saw. Let's see. two hundred loaded shells, two quarts of whisky, gun, rubber boots, two qua-shell eN- tractor, box cigars. l guess I've got everything over at the office. Never shot teal, oh? Well. you've missed lots of sport, and the quicker you get all outfit and go at it, the quicker you will discover that life is worth living. The change itself. from your office to the country air, and good exercise iS better than all the medicine in the drug store. Then the sport, gee whiz. man, ifs glorious You take Il he teal, for instance, coming down with the wind, like the fit of shadow, and to kill it you got to he in a hurry, and then, after you've dropped him, the contented, Selt-Sltisiicd feeling that steals over you is something in- describable. have already promised mess of teal to ten of the boys, and ill order to get enough to go around, l shall have to slay about ninety to- morrow. But can do il me and the dog and my old Parker are world heaters on tcai. But l must be oil' Goodbye, old man, >orrv you ain't going with me,
 ''Good-byc, Green; good luck to you. and if yon get as many teal as you anticipate, leave q mess over at my office"
 "Good-bye."
 "Good-byc."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
DOMESTIC SERVICE.
The Only Way in Which it Can BE Made
PassabIy Popular.

The Only Way in Which it Can BE Made
Passably Popular.
There is no question, when every
thing else has been said, that the thing
which more than all else operates to
keep many women from domestic
service is the feeling that it is socially
degrading. The house servant is con-
sidered as of lower caste than the
shop girl or factory operative. No one
can give an intelligent reason why this
is so; but the fact stands out in sharp
distinctiveness. It is an utterly I'M
reasonable prejudice, and it has its
influence, more or less, with all of us.
And the unfortunate thing about it is
that argument has little weight against
prejudice.
Nevertheless, if we know where the
root of the evil lies we can set ourselves
to overcome it. If it is intrinsicaIIy as
honorable to prepare the meals for
family and to do the hundred things
that 60 toward making domestic life
comfortable as it is to do endless stitch
ing on undergarments; if it requires
more intelligence and versatility to be
competent domestic servant than to
run machine with its incessant repeti-
ton of the same thing over and over
again, then let us say so and feel so.
The unreasonable prejudice may gradu-
ally be overcome. it can not be batter
I'D
of society in general-but we believe it
may be gradually lived down. Then we
shall have relief for those whose pride
keeps them from an occupation in
which they think they will lose caste.
We shall have also better services than
is now 100 often the case. But this
improved feelIng-for it is feeling
more than thinking-will be growth.
growing vigorously as rapidly as posi-
BILE.
Let us add that very much may be
done here by individual effort. Every
employer of domestic servants can do
much to show that she regards their
labors as worthy and themselves as
entitled to respect. She can evince a
personal interest in them and can Gull
tivate in them wise self-esteem.
There is no need of waiting for a COM
bined social movement in this direc-
ton. Let individual effort be put
forth and good will follow.-Christian
Worker.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
A KINGS DOMINION.


The carpet in the parlor IS no better than the
OF the carpet in the library one can say little
more;
There's good one in the dining-room, although
it's rather small;
But the carpet in the nursery is incest of them
all.
There's a palace in the middle, circled with a
wall of black,
With moat of yellow water four brown path
ways running back
Through fearful, frightful forest from the
windows to the door,
Round four lakes of deep dark water with
green grifans on the shore.
AT the corners there are castles, and in one
King Arthur reigns;
In the north one is giant, and the south is
Charlemagne's.
But the castle in the corner by the closet is the
best
And from this rule my kingdom and reign over
all the rest
But the middle park and palace are a very won
drous place
Statues, vases, fairies, graces, flowers and bow
ers through all the space,
IT'S garden of enchantment and the dreadful
ogress there
Is my sister-You should see her when she rum
pies up her hairl
Now, it's very, very seldom that TIL play with
dolls and girls,
Cause used to go in dresses, with my hair like
Mary's curls;
But there's first-rate fun in playing, on rainy
indoor day,
That her dolls captive Princess, to be res
cued in q fray.
So with knights of the Round Table and with
Paladins of France,
Charlemagne and 1 and Arthur through the
wicked wood advance;
And we always have such contests, before all
these wilds are crossed,
With the giant and the griffins, that half our
knights are lost.
But at last we reach the portals, and the lovely
Princess see,
Then the ogress, with her magic, captures every
one but me;
And transferred to wood and pewter in her dun
geons they repine-
But bear away the Princess, so the victory is
mine.
Ernest Whitney, in 81. Nicholas. ]
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04

OF in the morning and after he comes
hack at night. He's house-painter;
but there isn't very much work ais
winter, so he is doing laboring till
spring comes. He leaves us a warm
breakfast when he goes off; and we
have bread and milk for dinner.
and good supper when he comes
home. Then he tells us stories and
plays on the fife, and cuts out beautiful
things with his jack-knife. You ought
to see our father and our home, they
are both so beautifully
Before long, the teacher did see that
home and that father. The room was
poor attic, graced with cheap
pictures, autumn leaves and other lit
tie trifles that cost nothing. The
father, who was preparing the evening
meal for his motherless boys, was at
first glance only rough, begrimed
laborer; but, before the stranger had
been IN the place ten minutes, the
room became palace and the man a
magician. T. Examiner.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

For change, the center of apple
pie is now cut out, and the hole filled
in with ''some delicious jelly. THE
| Caterer.
For worms in horses the following
remedy is recommended: Poplar bark.
six ounces; tartar emetic, two ounces;
mix and divide into eight parts, giving
one part daily, in grain. detroit Irfb-
une.
1t is claimed lettuce planted early
in the spring between the rows of
strawberry plants viii protect the lat
ter from the raYages of white gruhs,
which prefer the roots of the lettuce to
those of the strawberry. Troy Times.
An Ohio fruit-grower says he finds
raspberries not an expensive crop to
raise, but that they require great deal
of Vexatious and tedious labor. He
Melted one hundred and twenty-six
dollars from an acre of blackcaps in
one season.
1t used to be thought that only
sand was suitable for garden purposes.
For very early forcing some mixture of
sand is advantageous. But heavy soils,
even clay, are good when well drained,
and by some practical gardeners are
preferred for the bulk of their later
paintings Western Ratral.
To tell when cake is done, run p
clean broom straw quickly down into
the thickest part of the cake. If it
comes up moist, the cake is not yet
done, but if dry 1t is time to take it out.
Do this carefully, putting the pan down
gently in place where no draught will
strike it. Take it out of the pan while
warm, not hot.-Bostoaa Budget.
Spanish Buns.-One pint of flour,
one pint of sugar, one cup of sweet
milk, one cup of butter, four eggs,
beaten separately, one teacup of yeast,
one teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves
and allspice, one grated nutmeg.
Knead well, roll out, cut out in large
biscuits, let rise and bake; when taken
from the oven sprinkle with white
sugar.-Good Housekeeping.
Marble Cake.-Whites of four eggs,
one cup white sugar, half-cup butter.
half-cup sweet milk, one teaspoonful
cream-tartar, Tablespoonful soda.
Black part: yelks of four eggs, one cup
of brown sugar, half-cup baking mo-
lasses, half-cup butter, half-cup sour
milk, one teaspoonful cinnamon, half
nutmeg, one teaspoonful cloves, one
teaspoonful and half soda. Put the
black and then the white. 1t is very
nice.-BoSton Bulletin.
In experiments made by the French
Government a minimum quantity of
salt allowed daily to COWS produced
the greatest flow of milk. Oxen fed
the same amount present sleek coats,
while others receiving no salt were
NANCY, rough and Unconditional. The
amount allowed was: For fattening
stall oxen, two and one-half ounces,
each per day; fattening pigs, one to
two ounces, according to size; sheep,
one-half an ounce, and horses and
mules one ounce.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
FISH, HOOK MAKING.

A Brooklyn Manufacturer Tells How He
RevOlutionized the Industry.
In olden times the hook had to be
handled many times before completed.
First the wire was cut to the right
length for the size needed; then we cut
the barb on, and the next thing was to
anneal the hook, then forge it on a
drop press, next shear it on the same
press, then grind the point, shape it,
and after that eye or flute it. Then
the hook was ready for tempering.
These were all done with hand ma
chimes. l came to the conclusion that
1t was slow process and invented a
machine which combined all of these
hand machines into one. am now at
work upon machine expressly for
trout hooks, and, when completed, will
turn out hooks at the rate of $50
per minute. At the present we make
about so, 900 hooks per day or total of
24,O00,000 per year. The method of
the automatic patent machine is about
as follows: The wire is taken from the
coil the same as received from the mill
and run through revolving straight
ening machine, composed of pieces of
steel screwed in zigzag shape, which
acts as friction on the wire and
straightens it. Then it is drawn on to
large wheel five feet in dimeter (the
process being the same as winding cot
ton on spooD from the last end of the
wire and is taken and put into the
machine by an automatic feed by two
rollers any length you want. Then it
is sheared off, transferred, and the eye
is put on. 1t passes on and the barb
cutter puts the barb on it; then the forg-
ing dies take hold of it and fiatten the
point out; it still travels on and the
chipping dies trim the blot off at an
angle which leaves a ragged point. 1t
still travels further in the intricate
machinery, when the rotary mills take
the rough edge off the hook, and then
the other mills, made V-shape, file on
the sides. After that it is transferred
to be shaped, and then it is finished.
The machine is the simplest in con-
struction of any in existence and the
only one of its kind in the world. l
make quite speciality in sharp hooks
and have recently turned out the larg-
est one ever known to have been made.
1t was made out of ) steel wire and is
2 feet in length-15 inches when
shaped The bend is n inches in
diameter and the barb is 81 inches deep.
| calculate that the hook is capable of
holding four or FIVE tons and can get
away with a pretty good shark.
Sailors used to visit my shop frequent
ly and spin yarns while purchasing
hooks, but now they do not buy direct
from me. l ship the greater portion
of the larger hooks to Glosta, New
foundland and California. Beside the
fish-hook part of my business 1 have
just obtained patent which promises
to revolutionize the wire nail business.
This new machine will make two nails
at one time or will produce $50 nails
per minute, just double the capacity
of any other machine now in use. l
have been offered $4,000 for my
patent already. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
A Brisk Blind Man. I

A familiar figure in London is that
of blind old man who runs after a
dog. The blind man has placard on
his chest, and in other respects he is
like the typical blind beggar, but he
runs along after his little four-footed
guide in very original fashion. Such
guides usually move along at snail S
pace; this little creature either runs or
moves at brisk trot. The result is
that the master and dog are enabled to
pass swiftly through great crowds. In
some of the thoroughfares men with
good eye-sight move slowly and with
difficulty; but the begger and beggar's
dog cut swath wherever they go.
The old mans stick is no sooner heard
hurriedly Notwithstanding on
the pavement, than the foot-passengers
stand aside to avoid collision
Golden Days.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
The Catawba indians.

A few days ago l conversed with an
Indian of tribe that was new to me.
He was Catawba, name familiar ia
me only in its application to a grape
fruit, of popular variety. Upon con.
sulting an atlas, in common use hum
dred and fifty years ago. / found Ca.
tawba river, and Catawba village. in
South Cardinals northeastern border.
And there, in proximity to what was
then the southern boundary of North
Carolina, lived the small tribe of Ca.
tawba Indians. They were peaceable.
industrious cultivators of the soil. and
inclined to Christianity. By grant
from the Colonial Government. tney
occupied twenty-five square miles Of
territory; but, in course of time, the
whites as usual began to encroacli upon
their land without leave or license. At
length the South Carolina Government
induced them to lease their fields at a
nominal rent; but finally, even that
satisfaction was denied them. At pres
ent less than a hundred of these Indians
survive. Their chief with whom con-
versed was educated in Georgia. Wash.
t'gtora Cor, ~ J. Observer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
HER WISH.

81 wish my fairy would come to-day
And brush the dust from these rooms away;
''The eobwebs, too, on the ceiling nigh,
Empty traps, with never fly
''How horrid they loolzl upon my life,
The torment Of every tidy wife
II wish my fairy my place would take
In the kitchen, and let me see her bake,
''For Tn so weary really dread
The thought Of kneading batch of bread"
Her husband heard her wish that day,
But scarcely needing it, hurried away.
At night he locked his Office door,
And gladly entered his home once more.
AS round the coy room he glanced,
His eyes with pleasure fairly danced.
The fre-dogs Of polished brass.
For FURNISHED gold almost would pass.
His easy chair was in its place
Beside it beamed smiling face
No wonder that he turned to her,
Half husband and half worshiper,
And said: Some fairy has had full sway
In every nook of our house to-day
Forgotten were dust and cobwebs high,
And there was a light in somebody's eye;
For the heaviest tasks that burden wife
Grow light when they brighten another's life.
-Eg6eTt i. Bangs, in Romans Magazine
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
Intemperance in France.

Another straw, showing how the
wind is blowing in reference to Tenn
perance, is the report of the commits
sion appointed by the French academy
of medicine on the public danger from
the use of alcohol. 1t urges the Gov
eminent to take the strongest measures
to prevent the entry of artifcially
alcoholized wines into France. 1t also
calls for large reduction of the num-
Der of taverns and wine shops, and for
the strict enforcement of the laws for
repression of drunkenness. This report,
apart from its official and representa-
tive character, is the more significant.
because it comes from France, one of
the very countries where, as we are told
so often, there is next to no drunken
ness because of the general use of light
wines instead of spirits. 1t seems to be
true that within few years the use of
spirits has increased greatly among the
French, and the usual consequences are
apparent Congreqationalist,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
A GREAT ENTERPRISE.
Northern Capitalists Preparing to Star
Cotton Seed Mills In South Carolina

northern Capitalists Preparing to Start
COtton-Seed Mills In South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 28-A great bust
ness enterprise is about to be started in
this city, although the moneyed men are
from the North and West. Two years ago
Oliver Bros. of New York, wealthy men
and experienced in cotton-seed oil milling,
built large cotton-seed oil factory here
They had already one or two factories in
North Carolina. They were frozen out by
the American Cotton Seed Oil Trust Com
pany, of New York, which threatened to
occupy their territory, undersell them, ETC.
Oliver Bros. qurt the business, recognizing
the trust company as a monopoly against
which they could not fight individually.
These men set to work to form cotton
seed oil company to oppose the trust P.
D. Armour of Chicago, a millionaire of
Philadelphia, and the divers will form
this company. The capital stock is to be
s., 900, 900, or if necessary 100000 900. ABOUT
thirty large mills will be constructed
throughout the cotton belt
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
TEMPERANCE.
THE HEARTLEss TYRANT.


Beneath our free flags swelling folos.
A heartless tyrant reigns,
Who loves 10 torture captive souls.
And bind with CALLING chains.
In dram-shop vile and grand saloon,
Behind gilt-hidine screen,
AS smiling host ard low buffoon,
His agents NAV be seen.
They watch with eagerness intense,
AND lie in wait for men,
Like ngers in a Jungle dense,
And serpents in fen,
his poisoned weapon in their hands.
More cruel deeds have done
Than scalping-knives in savage lands.
War clubs, or deadly gun,
Ali through this land are smitten men.
Who stagger in the streets,
Lie bruised in foul f1end-haunted den,
And loathsome dark retreats.
If into fair account we take
His victims seen and hid,
Their blood would make a crimson lakS
Their bones pyramid!
o, that his cruelties in naught
But murder we might find!
1lS most satanic work is wrought
In ruined heart and mind.
We see his baleful influence blight
The brightest hopes of earth;
And like q plague, behold him smite
Great genius, fortune, worth.
Dear homes, where light Of love and peace
Like summer morning shone,
he enters-joy and comfort cease,
The loving hearts are stone.
His agents law and right defy,
In tainted purses keep
Base brides, and into stations high
BY foul corruption creep;
In courts and Legislatures hide,
And ply their wicked trade,
That justice may be turned aside,
And laws unequal made.
1t is no ghost political,
No shadowy fear, l see;
A despot is King Alcohol,
And foe to you and me-
To all who hate the false and wrong,
Who love the right and true;
Hence, one should be our battle song,
And one our banner too.
In union strong, with purpose stanch,
We shall to victory go.
And hurl crushing avalanche
Upon our common foe.
Y. Il. W. Horton, iH Michigan Christian AdUd
cate.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
ENGULFED BY THE MISSISSIPPI
The River Banks at Leota Falling In, Car
rYinp HOuSPS M

The River Banks at Leota Falling In, Car
rying Houses and Goods.
GREENvILLE, Miss, Feb. 26.-The river
bank at Leota, Miss, suddenly commenced
caving Thursday, and with such rapid
Roadway that the warehouse and office at
the landing, with all their contents, went
into the river; also the blacksmith shop.
There was quite large amount of freight
in the warehouse, consisting of corn, hay,
and pork, and other merchandise. A
special messenger from Leota came up on
the City of Vicksburg to secure house
movers here, as a good many stores and
dwelling houses are in immediate danger.